I was quite surprised that here in Spain, a lot of brand names are widely used to name common things. I dig a bit into it and found out that some of these words are already forming part of official Spanish language. It happens if the word is recognized by RAE Real Academia Española. And we have to admit that they keep up with the pace of the spoken language and add new words

Welcome to Spain! The country where it is nice to speak some Spanish or Catalan, if in Catalonia. People here are very friendly but they rarely speak good, OK, communicative English. So, if you are planning to stay here for a bit longer, it’s not a bad idea to learn some Spanish 🙂 Meanwhile to help you with the basic stuff in day-to-day situations, I’ve created a small Spanish vocabulary tips corner.

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Are you moving to Barcelona? Or maybe you are recently moved. So are we. It is great to live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world but it's even better to have somebody to guide you at the beginning of the adventure. It's Spain, it's Catalonia and things are different here.